Guitar Builder Magazine

Topics for columns and regular features

Music Art – trying to convey sound as a tangible are form.

Artists and their Instruments

Featured Builders: Rick Turner- Innovations are us.
              What ever happen to Travis Bean– ahead of his time?
              Taylor Guitars New Pickup System

Acoustic Pickups Wars – Are patents stifling the advancement of technology and hindering creative expression?

Wood selection – What, Where, Why, and How

Bridge Equalization – Bringing Balance to the Force

How do you design around a patent?

Top Bracing – To Phase or not to Phase

Operating a custom guitar and repair shop
            Tips and tricks
            Do's and Don'ts
            The customer is always right even when he wrong?

Tools of the Trade

Machines - Some you buy and some you build...

Guitar Maintenance:
            Bridge
            Neck
Body
            Finish
            Transducers
                Magnetic
                Piezo
            Strings
            Storage
            Cases

New Gear
Where’s the beef?  A column about guitar accessories that need rework.

Advertising

SCAL Members and contact information.
Scheduled SCAL Meetings
Builders in Southern California